Soul Painter

Thin figure, wearing black-rimmed glasses, like Ana Armas, a college student who has not yet graduated, appeared in front of the Gardner Museum, while Gao Fan, Lu Zhi and God were lazily sitting in front of the museum basking in the sun. It was noon, and since it was not a weekend, there were not many visitors who skipped work to visit the art exhibition.

Gao Fan inspected the piecemeal growth in the system menu interface, just like the company's performance soared and the stock rose accordingly, constantly increasing the SAN value of 1 point, 2 points or more to Gao Fan's In his eyes, Gao Fan has already reached the upper limit of all his skills except for the three major categories of painting.

He needs creation to increase the upper limit of 'world' and 'distortion', needs adventures to increase the upper limit of 'investigation' and 'mystery', and needs to learn other categories of knowledge to increase 'psychology' and 'anatomy' The upper limit, otherwise he will have a lot of SAN value to be idle or even wasted.

The basic value of the three major items of the artist are all in the early 80s, which is the basic value without the bonus. After completing the "Mask" group painting, the basic value of the three major items has been improved by 5 points to 8 points. Now I use SAN It takes about 60 points for every 1 point to increase them, which is undoubtedly a waste.

Because the 60 points of SAN value are spent on 'mystery', or 'distortion' and 'world', they can get more benefits, especially 'mystery', which is obviously effective.

The unfinished solo exhibition will bring more SAN income to Gao Fan. Gao Fan has to effectively transform it into skills or works. Therefore, he feels very happy about the arrival of Ana Armas.

"AA, welcome~" Gao Fan opened his arms to Ana Armas.

Ana Armas was a little embarrassed and hugged Gao Fan. The last time she saw Gao Fan was when they parted in Provence in July last year. It has been half a year now. She is not sure whether Gao Fan still remembers her , Whether they are still familiar with her, but when the two sides are in close contact, the familiar, sacred, crazy, and suffering smell of Gao Fan immediately reassures Ana Armas.

This is still him, the Gao who is connected with her soul.

"Gao, I hear you have created greater works?" Ana Armas asked.

"It's not great, but it's more fun than the church paintings in Princeton~" Gao Fan pulled Ana Armas into his art exhibition, chatting, "Is the church in Princeton okay?"

"It's still intact. People in the Sun Club regard it as a holy place. George lived there for a long time. He was still there when I left. He wanted to reproduce your miracle, but everyone had no hope." Anna said.

"He's a bit older." Gao Fan pondered.

"He's a bit older," said Anna.

The two did not mean the same thing, although both were expressing a lack of physical strength.

But it doesn't matter, Anna entered the exhibition space, and when she saw the first painting "Illusion", she stopped and looked carefully at the techniques in the painting. She also mastered the "distortion", but the colors and lines under Gao Fan's brushes, But she always has an unreadable sense of "regularity". This sense of regularity has already begun to take shape when she was painting the church in Provence, controlling everything.

At this moment, in front of our eyes, in these mask paintings, this "sense of regularity" is even more obvious. They are obviously different expressions, different techniques, and irrelevant paintings from all angles, but they are unified in one more Under the grand and clear theme, it's like... Oh my God! Like the Grand Unified Theory of the Universe!

Anna looked at the first piece of "Falsehood", and a few minutes later, she walked to the second piece of "Infatuation", stopped for a while, went to the third piece, the fourth piece, until the fourteenth piece "Madness", she saw After this painting, she immediately turned her head and looked at Gao Fan with pity in her eyes. At this moment, Gao Fan was like a Christ crucified in her eyes.

"God, Gao, what have you been through..." Anna whispered.

The fifteenth painting "Despair" made Anna tremble even more. She stood here for a long time, and when she looked back at Gao Fan, she was already in tears.

"It's okay, don't cry, it's over." Gao Fan comforted Anna softly.

He knows that Anna, who is also gifted, can reproduce from this painting the suffering he experienced when he created it. It is the extreme pain that penetrates into the darkest side of human nature and cannot be redeemed. to taste the bitterness brought by the deepest and darkest side of human nature, and now these bitterness are also blooming on the buds on the tip of Anna's tongue, making her extremely painful.

No audience, or art critics, collectors, or artists, in the solo exhibition in the past week, can feel the pain that Gao Fan felt in creating these "Mask" theme paintings. They may need two or three brushes Even four or five swipes can focus on Gao Fan's skills and emotions.

"The most interesting thing is not these, but this." Gao Fan brought Anna to the last painting "Redemption".

When Anna looked up at the painting, she had a puzzled expression.

After five minutes, she shook her head: "I don't understand."

"It's right if you don't understand, this is not the creative technique of the Devil School." Gao Fan is like a child offering treasures, "I used a special paint, a magical paint, it is light, it represents hope and redemption, and even said , that is a soul that is great enough but not great enough~"

"...I still don't quite understand." Anna continued to look at this painting, still with the same themes and techniques as the previous fifteen paintings, that kind of 'regularity', and the sensory stimulation brought by 'distortion' , reflected in every part of the painting, but the painting had a... light that she didn't understand.

Yes, it is a light.

Standing in front of this picture, the light shines on her.

She felt that her soul became transparent here, as if standing in front of the gate leading to heaven.

If we talk about the "regularity" in Gao Fan's paintings, she can still understand its existence-she can imagine it as a grand unified theory in mathematics, which can integrate everything, but this light that can shine through the soul is How? In this painting, Anna saw a series of magical and unsolvable mathematical garbled codes.

This confuses her.

"You don't have to think too much, just try it and you'll understand. I have another magical paint in my hand. I plan to use them to create a more interesting painting. Would you like to come with me?" Gao Fan asked excitedly.

"Of course, Gao, I will always be your apprentice and assistant." Anna nodded with an unquestionable tone, as if to say 'I will always be your believer'.

"Great~" Gao Fan laughed, "I temporarily named this painting "Bostonians". It will define the city of Bostno just like Monet redefined the fog in London."

...

"I will always be your apprentice and assistant~"

Lu Zhi, who secretly followed behind, imitated Ana Armas and commented: "Pretending!"

Meow~ God yelled, and I don't know if he was agreeing.

Next, Bostno will be used to represent the city name. Well, to avoid trouble, please imagine that this is a city that does not exist on earth.